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Council staff off sick long-term soars by fifth since pandemic

The number of council staff off work on long-term sick leave has risen by a fifth since the pandemic. Almost 10,000 town hall workers are currently off work through long-term sickness, according to figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats. Six in 10 councils have seen a rise in the number of staff off on long-term sick leave since 2019, the year b...

2024-04-24T21:31:27Z

Meta shares take $125bn hit as Facebook owner raises spending forecasts

Shares in Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, have fallen sharply after the company revealed it had raised its cost forecast for the current year.

2024-04-24T20:41:15Z

Teachers facing dramatic surge in complaints from parents since Covid as staff forced to quit, survey reveals

Teachers facing dramatic surge in complaints from parents since Covid as staff forced to quit, survey reveals - Exclusive: Personal attacks or aggressive behaviour is the most common form of vexatious complaint impacting staff members

2024-04-24T16:07:48Z

Steidten lining up exciting Ruben Amorim alternative for West Ham

West Ham United will look to get an exciting David Moyes replacement in soon.

2024-04-25T04:43:41Z

Angela Rayner tells Tories ‘get a grip’ and stop ‘obsessing’ over house

Angela Rayner tells Tories ‘get a grip’ and stop ‘obsessing’ over house -

2024-04-24T11:42:07Z

Families traumatised by police messages

Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber - who died in a stabbing attack in Nottingham, has written an emotional letter to the members of a police WhatsApp group.

2024-04-24T10:42:27Z

Donald Payne Jr, Democratic congressman from New Jersey, dies

Donald Payne Jr, Democratic congressman from New Jersey, dies - Mr Payne Jr hospitalised earlier this month over ‘cardiac episode’

2024-04-24T17:02:54Z

Threatening ally of Roman Abramovich would be ‘a suicide mission’, agent tells court

The football agent accused of sending an intimidating email to a Chelsea FC executive has said it would be “a suicide mission” to threaten anyone connected to the club’s former owner Roman Abramovich, a court has heard. Saif Alrubie is charged with sending an “electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety” to the former Chelsea director of football Marina Granovskaia – as he attempted to collect £300,000 in commissions he...

2024-04-24T17:50:39Z

Spanish PM considers resigning amid wife corruption allegations

FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez poses for a portrait after an interview with The Associated Press at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, June 27, 2022.

2024-04-24T20:49:28Z

Iranian hip hop star sentenced to death

He has 20 days to appeal the ruling.

2024-04-24T14:58:56Z

Manchester United vs Sheffield United: Confirmed line ups and team news

United get back to Premier League action tonight.

2024-04-24T07:30:20Z

Man who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith faces sentencing for manslaughter

Man who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith faces sentencing for manslaughter - The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith after a car crash in 2016 is preparing to hear his sentence following his January conviction on a manslaughter charge

2024-04-25T04:19:58Z

Carlos Tevez rushed to hospital with chest pains

Carlos Tevez has been taken to hospital in Argentina after suffering chest pains, Independiente have confirmed. The former Manchester United and City forward, 40, was admitted to a clinic in Buenos Aires last night after seeking medical help and has stayed at a nearby hospital as a precaution for further tests. Tevez has been head coach at Independ...

2024-04-24T09:24:31Z

‘Solely his fault’ – Lance Stroll F1 exit fear theory raised in scathing verdict

"This is almost like, 'We're going to back Lance because we want him to stay with the team'."

2024-04-23T18:24:54Z

Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday. Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, the new missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance — up to 300 kilometers (190 miles) — that it had with the mid-range...

2024-04-24T16:42:59Z

Trump hush money trial: what we've learned so far

By Andy Sullivan, Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York on criminal charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election. Legal experts view the case as the least consequential of the four criminal prosecutions Trump faces, but it may be the

2024-04-24T10:04:34Z

Do you need a TV licence to watch Netflix? BBC sends mixed signals as streamer launches live shows

Do you need a TV licence to watch Netflix? BBC sends mixed signals as streamer launches live shows - Should viewers of the upcoming boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul have to pay the licence fee?

2024-04-24T16:25:24Z

Devastating flooding in east Africa claims dozens of lives

Devastating flooding has struck east Africa, with extreme rainfall wreaking havoc across several countries.

2024-04-24T18:01:37Z

'You can't say that's OK!' - Rio Ferdinand demands rule change to punish Chelsea star

Chelsea were lucky to avoid being reduced to 10 men.

2024-04-23T20:43:48Z

Russian court orders seizure of JPMorgan Chase funds in VTB lawsuit

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court has ordered the seizure of funds in JPMorgan Chase bank accounts in Russia, court filings showed on Wednesday, in a lawsuit filed by state-owned bank VTB as it seeks to regain funds blocked abroad. JP Morgan Chase last week sued VTB in New York to halt its efforts to recover $439.5 million from an account that was blocked after Russia despatched its army to

2024-04-24T09:45:01Z

Primark is rolling out an exciting new shopping feature in 184 stores

Shopping your favourite deals just became a lot more convenient.

2024-04-24T10:49:53Z

Gang leader lied about Tupac killing to make money, defense lawyer claims

Gang leader lied about Tupac killing to make money, defense lawyer claims - The lawyer said his client wanted to make money with his story, so he embellished or outright lied about his involvement

2024-04-23T19:39:48Z

Wayne Rooney slams Liverpool star over what he said after Everton defeat

'That’s part of your job, get on with it!'

2024-04-24T23:02:48Z

TikTok ban gets real in US as bill passes Senate — and Biden just signed it

The US Senate passed a bill forcing TikTok's parent company to sell the app or be banned in the United States.

2024-04-24T18:06:06Z

Tesla jumps as Musk's promise of 'more affordable' cars eases growth fears

(Reuters) - Tesla shares surged 10% on Wednesday after the electric-car maker eased some worries about growth with a prediction that sales would rise this year and said it would roll out more affordable models in early 2025. The news cheered up investors who were bracing for the worst after a tumultuous week at Tesla that saw big layoffs, executive exits, price cuts and the postponement of a

2024-04-24T09:03:33Z

Senior C of E figure rejects claim of asylum-seeker baptism ‘conveyor belt’

A former vicar who claimed the Church of England was complicit in a “conveyor belt” of baptisms of asylum seekers presented an unrecognisable picture and was known to “take a right-of-centre stance in immigration”, a senior clergyman has told MPs. The Ven Rick Simpson, archdeacon of Auckland in the diocese of Durham, said that neither he nor anyone he had spoken to at St Cuthbert’s church in Darlington recognised the “picture that was presented”...

2024-04-24T15:56:15Z

Ukraine-Russia war live: Moscow warns over Finland military drills as US to send weapons to Kyiv ‘this week’

Ukraine-Russia war live: Moscow warns over Finland military drills as US to send weapons to Kyiv ‘this week’ - The US Senate has passed £49bn in military aid for Ukraine which can be delivered ‘within days’

2024-04-24T07:45:29Z

Russia detains deputy of defence minister Shoigu for corruption

By Guy Faulconbridge, Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian security services detained one of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies on suspicion of taking major bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov was detained on Tuesday, according to a brief 22-word statement by Russia's

2024-04-24T07:04:03Z

Lisa Wilkinson: 'I sincerely hope this judgment gives hope to women around the country'

Speaking after Justice Michael Lee found former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Ten in an interview with Brittany Higgins Monday 15 February 2021 — in which she alleged she was raped in Parliament House — Wilkinson said she hoped the ruling gave 'hope to women around the country'. 'Today the federal court has found that I published a true story about a rape in a federal minister's office at Parliament House in March of 2019,' Wilkinson said.

2024-04-24T13:20:23Z

Paula Vennells ‘interjected’ in talks to stop subpostmaster prosecutions

Paula Vennells ‘interjected’ in talks to stop subpostmaster prosecutions - The Post Office executive committee was in favour of ceasing prosecutions entirely, a former top lawyer told an inquiry.

2024-04-24T15:35:17Z

Ruth Perry family furious as Ofsted single-word ratings are retained

Ofsted’s controversial single-word judgments are here to stay, the government has ruled, in a blow to campaigners who hoped they would be scrapped after the suicide of the primary school headteacher Ruth Perry. Perry’s sister, Prof Julia Waters, reacted with fury to the government’s statement, published on Thursday in response to an inquiry into Ofsted by MPs on the Commons education committee, describing it as “woefully inadequate”. She...

2024-04-24T23:22:17Z

Ally McCoist says two Chelsea stars were exposed during embarrassing Arsenal defeat

A harrowing evening for Chelsea fans.

2024-04-24T08:15:27Z

2024-04-24T08:09:53Z

John Barnes failed to pay £190,000 in tax

John Barnes, the former England and Liverpool midfielder, has been banned as a director after his company failed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax. Investigations by the Insolvency Service revealed that, between 2018 and 2020, John Barnes Media Limited failed to pay more than £190,000 in corporation tax and VAT. Barnes, who avoided being ma...

2024-04-24T16:45:41Z

Ukraine lost eastern territories due to aid delay by Congress - White House

Due to months-long delays in approving aid to Ukraine in the US Congress, Kyiv lost part of its territory in the east of the country, including Avdiivka, states US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Due to the delay in American aid, Ukraine was forced to economize on ammunition, resulting in the loss of territories, he said. "And while today'...

2024-04-25T02:16:04Z

Russia will expand Ukraine 'buffer zone' if Kyiv gets longer range missiles, says Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia would further expand its "buffer zone" inside Ukraine if Kyiv takes delivery of longer-range ATACM missiles from the United States that allow it to strike deeper inside Russia. The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S.

2024-04-24T10:04:32Z

Nationwide, Barclays and Lloyds current account switch ‘winners’ at end of 2023

Nationwide, Barclays and Lloyds current account switch ‘winners’ at end of 2023 - Between October 1 and December 31, Nationwide made 163,363 net gains in terms of full account switches, the Current Account Switch Service said.

2024-04-24T23:07:00Z

Fabrizio Romano: 120,000 p/w Man Utd ace "will not stay at Old Trafford"

Fabrizio Romano has said that one 120,000-a-week Manchester United player will not stay at Old Trafford this summer.

2024-04-25T04:43:35Z

One of Europe’s most wanted drug lords on run after Spanish court grants bail

One of Europe’s most wanted criminals who is linked to a plot to kill a Dutch princess is on the run after a Spanish court allowed him to walk free. Karim Bouyakhrichan, a leader of one of the Netherlands’ “Mocro Mafia” cartels,  was arrested after a major money laundering operation in Marbella in January but skipped bail after being released. His ...

2024-04-24T15:20:38Z

Biden signs a $95 billion war aid measure with assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and that also has a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in the U.S. The announcement marks an end to long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress over urgently needed assistance for Ukraine. “We rose to the moment. we came together. and we got it...

2024-04-24T09:57:03Z

Broadcasters threatened with fines over election programmes after GB News breaches

Ofcom has vowed to tighten its broadcasting rules during the general election after GB News repeatedly broke regulations by using politicians as presenters. In a strongly worded warning to the TV industry, the regulator said it was putting news channels on notice that they must maintain the “highest editorial standards” ahead of an election. It vow...

2024-04-24T08:44:28Z

Ted Kravitz calls out the ‘same Christian Horner’ over latest Sergio Perez comments

"So think about it this way..."

2024-04-24T10:42:07Z

Three arrested after migrant deaths in channel

Three men have been arrested after the deaths of five migrants including a seven-year-old child in the channel on Tuesday. The men, two Sudanese nationals aged 22 and 19, and a South Sudan national aged 22, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and entering the UK illegally. They were detained on Tuesday night and Wednesday...

2024-04-24T12:55:04Z

Russian troops advance five miles after Ukrainians left front line unmanned

Russia has gained five miles of territory in a sudden advance exploiting a blunder in the rotation of Ukrainian forces that left part of the front line unguarded. Moscow was able to capture the village of Ocheretyne, northwest of Avdiivka, following the withdrawal of Kyiv’s battle-hardened 47th Brigade. The brigade – which was formed to spearhead U...

2024-04-24T11:30:07Z

Mark Williams evasive on future after World Snooker Championship exit

'Fingers crossed you’ll see me playing next year.'

2024-04-24T07:00:25Z

Ex-police officer to face court accused of forming relationships with victims

Ex-police officer to face court accused of forming relationships with victims - Jason Catton, who worked for Sussex Police, faces eight counts of misconduct in public office.

2024-04-24T09:36:44Z

Russian priest who held Alexei Navalny’s memorial service mysteriously suspended by Moscow church

Russian priest who held Alexei Navalny’s memorial service mysteriously suspended by Moscow church - An order published by the Moscow diocese publicly demoted Safronov from a priest to a psalm-reader

2024-04-24T11:06:58Z

Jury considers conclusion over death of transgender boy who was treated on mental health ward

The jury in the inquest into the death of a transgender boy, who died from injuries sustained while a mental health patient at Prestwich Hospital, has retired to consider its conclusion.

2024-04-24T19:21:11Z

Trump to receive bonus worth $1.2bn for Trump Media stock performance

Former president Donald Trump qualified for a bonus worth $1.2bn after shares in his social media company remained above a certain value despite falling sharply. Trump is poised to receive 36m additional shares in Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), owner of his Truth Social platform, under an “earn-out” windfall which boosts the paper value of his stake in the business to about $3.7bn. He was able to receive the bonus if TMTG’s stock traded...

2024-04-24T16:32:26Z

FTSE rally stalls after notching another intraday record

FTSE rally stalls after notching another intraday record - The top London index finished 4.43 points, or 0.05%, lower to end the day at 8,040.38.

2024-04-24T16:21:03Z